"and in lieu of any other mention of legal fees associated with the "consumation of this transaction" in the SEC filings of that time period, it appears as though they may have been the sole negotiators and reviewers of the agreement on behalf of us the shareholders of PTSC."

Legal fees paid to an outisde firm would not necessarily be cited in the financial statements. Is that all you are going on to come to your conclusion that no outside firm was used, that they weren't mentioned?